Gusto Trattoria

Love this restaurant, feels really relaxed and authentic. Great menu choice, wonderful food and fantastic service. Also very good value for money, highly recommend!!

*Updated Review* So we finally went back to Gusto after hearing they had new owners. I'd been craving a good seafood pizza for a while, and Mrs FtB wanted a good antipasti platter, so we decided to pop down to Gusto again as the food previously was fantastic, they lost points on service, but that was the inept former manager... Who preferred to watch his waiting staff struggle with a busy restaurant as opposed to helping them. Anyway, I digress, we walked in without a booking around 8pm, there were a few people in which created a nice, lively atmosphere. We were shown to a table for 2 initially but I like a bigger table as we tend to order a decent amount so the waitress suggested. Table for 4 Infront of the kitchen... Yes please! Give me a show! Our drinks arrived quickly, opting for a bottle of red (can't recall which) and some water. We opted for some garlic bread, the antipasti platter and the seafood pizza with pancetta added. The food didn't take too long to arrive, and when it did I remembered why I'd been craving a return. The antipasti was loaded with meats, seafood, various veggies and cheese and could easily be a main course, the garlic bread was perfectly cooked, nice and crispy and very garlicky but the star of the show was the seafood pizza. Heaps of garlic prawns, mussels and calamari ensuring every slice had a bit of everything, perfect base, perfect crust, just faultless. I can't recall what we had for desert, but know it was bloody good as Mrs FtB had to almost roll me out of the restaurant. Overall zero issues, great food, lovely restaurant, fantastic service. 10/10

This is a great little Trattoria. There is plenty of choice on the menu, without it being so extensive that quality is difficult to maintain. I had the mushroom pasta and they were happy for me to choose a different pasta to the one listed. It tasted lovely. The staff are friendly and attentive without being in your face and the prices are reasonable. Definitely recommended.

Delicious food with an excellent service by the waitress Izabela which was great, really friendly and attentive. definitely recommend

Simply superb. I literally stumbled across Gusto whilst walking the English Coast Path last Sunday. Despite it being Mothers day and without a reservation, the staff found me a seat. The menu covers most tastes and the chef will add a bit of 'heat' if you'd like the dish spicing up. I settled on the Conchiglie del Mare, a selection of fresh muscles and prawns in a creamy garlic and tomato sauce. The fresh ingredients and flavours brought out an authentic taste of the Italian coast - indeed I can say with confidence that it was better than most meals I've had in Italy! Incredible food, flawless service and a great feel to the place.

My boyfriend and I go here very often, it’s our favourite restaurant. We first went here a year ago and found it because we turned vegan and they have a whole vegan menu which is just fantastic for us. The food is of such high quality, we’ve never had better Italian food. And we couldn’t believe how great the vegan cheese was. We’ve tried vegan pizza’s at other restaurants, but they were almost inedible because of the awful vegan chemical cheese that doesn’t even melt properly and taste of nachos. But the vegan cheese in this restaurant is just superior, I like it even more than real cheese and it leaves us amazed everytime. Going to this restaurant has become a little ritual of ours, and we’d be truly heartbroken if it ever was to close! This restaurant is perfect for us and we love it dearly. The only thing it could improve on in my opinion is if they would add a few vegan desserts to the menu, at least one so vegan people have the option of getting a vegan dessert after their meal, too. I heard other vegan people in the restauarnt asking about it before, I think it would be really good. But this is only a little thing that could simply make it even more perfect for us!

Visited today for some lunch. Food was incredible! Very rare I finish a full meal but couldn't leave any of this! Shared a cheesy garlic bread to start which was amazing! I had the pasta in tomato and smoked bacon sauce (sorry I can't remember the proper name) and my uncle had the chicken salad. Isabella our server was very lovely as well! The music wasn't too loud just very peaceful and nice to relax and have lunch. Great value for money!

Amazing.. we loved this Italian restaurant. Service - 5 Atmosphere - 5 Service - 5 Cost - 5 Food was amazing.. so tasty. See images. Cost is very good value. Bottle of wine and food for 2 was under 50!!! If you live in Southport or your visiting.. and you want to go out for a meal... this is the place. RECOMMENDED Thank you